Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

Pitchfork reports:

The new album's title? Forgiveness Rock Record.

It's out May 4th. New song, "World Sick," available if you give BSS your email address or stream it from the above P4k link.

What a great title!

You disgusting savage.

Seriously what the hell is wrong with you that you think that is a great title.

Yeah that is a ghastly title.

Ugly cover too. :(

I read somewhere they hired Chuck D on as a title consultant.

Give me Newfeld or give me death.

awww how meta

i liked these guys better when they were "len."

You disgusting savage.

― Ned Raggett

Sarcasm, Ned, sarcasm!

O Rly?

bad album art+titles are longstanding bss traditions.

I don't know, dudes, I mean, Forgiveness Rock Record. It's just brilliant!!

this isn't meant as a diss -- genuinely curious -- why do people like this band?

like is there a song I'm missing that is amazing?

Orig title was Fork-If-Next Rock-Wreck-Whored, they compromised

I'd say try tracks #1, #2, and #14 off the s/t:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Social_Scene_%28album%29

disc before s/t was better.

You Forgot It In People is a massively over-hyped, over-rated indie rock record with one great song: "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"

another great title

YFIIP has many songs perfect to hear when you put yr itunes on random and then to be forgotten as soon as they finish.

stop it they are the greatest band ever

Let's just say they polarize people. Between people with good taste and people who like grunge jam bands.

I love the muddy, layered sound of both albums. It is a cliche, but it really rewards repeated listening. I can totally see how that isn't everyone's thing though. Plus they usually put on a hell of a live show.

"World Sick" is really good.

You Forgot It is a fine fine record. The self-titled follow-up is perhaps the most overproduced record of all time, and that may be understating the case.

My favorite song of theirs remains New Country, which you'll find as track 3 here.

"cause = time" is the classic song

underrated stoned music too tbh

You Forgot It In People is a massively over-hyped, over-rated indie rock record with one great song: "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"

― Seriously what the hell is wrong with you that you think that is a great t (ksh), Friday, 19 February 2010 12:34 (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

seriously what the hell is wrong with you that you like this band and not 'you forgot it...'

s/t is shamefully underrated. a bit bloated, yes, but bursting with ideas from a group of tremendously talented people.

living in toronto has ruined this band for me beyond repair.

lol why is every pissed in here? even ned is pissed!

they made some good jams if you like indie rock with guitars. now calm the fuck down.

You Got a Funny Idea of Pissed

hahahaha

I'm not pissed. It's a stupid name and cover but I kind of like them when I remember they actually exist.

You Got a Funny Idea of Pissed

― Mr. Que

Coming June 6 from Mr. Que on Arts & Crafts

You Forgot It Pissed People

the back-to-back of Ibi Dreams of Pavement and Shoreline off the s/t is BSS at their best.

Broken Social Scene - LP 4

ksh, the threadstarter

s/t is shamefully underrated. a bit bloated, yes, but bursting with ideas from a group of tremendously talented people.

word. and good songs that when given room to breathe live kicked ass, and in acoustic sets for radio turned out to be kind of awesome folk-rock.

YFIIP is wonderful in that it's front-to-back amazing and also sort of a grab bag. like changing dials on a radio.

New Country is def. one of their best tunes and the Fast Mix of Major Label Debut should have/could have been an actual hit. but for my money, their shining moment is the off-kilter summertime jam 7/4 (Shoreline) - those horns!

truly awful title though. of course, keep in mind that the self-titled was supposed to be called windsurfing nation

RIP swedish reggae

Broken Social Scene - LP 4

― i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko)

Man, I don't even remember starting that.

why is every pissed in here?

yeah why is every pissed in here?

broken social scene is okay, btw, but their music is far inferior to the lolz available from goofing on them

otm

Great thread.

Benjamin, this

It's not that bad. I like a few of the songs, but I am still very surprised that it has received such positive reviews. It is just sort of there.

is more or less exactly how I feel.

I'd like to survey all the people who are stoked on the newest Spoon and New Pornographers albums, but are left cold by BSS because it fails to differentiate itself from their other stuff.

uhh, songwriting?

Yeah but the quality of BSS's songwriting on the new one is not so far removed from their last.

their last album was a mess. the only time it broke through the haze is when they let the pieces breathe by clearing the dense production tricks and layers (e.g., the song hotel, i think, tho i can't really recall).

it was awesome BECAUSE it was a mess!

it was an awesome mess.

unlike their new record, which has been deleted from my computer. just got a lil' world sick there, y'all!

Even the Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning solo albums were way better than this

The Kevin Drew solo LP was pretty good, as far as I recall. Didn't quite feel like a solo jaunt, either. Canning's was more clearly a different beast than BSS.

the record is more or less

http://stereogum.com/img/siren08/broken_social_scene-siren1.jpg

^^^^^^^ all playing different songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phFgCLguSNI

l-r: me, ppl who think this record is good

the kevin drew review on time capsule 2007 stylus front page is otm

the noted "this" that must be seen being, of course, Forgiveness Rock Record

xpost

that picture is confusing - 1. why does the guitarist have a podium on the stage, and 2. why is he crouching on it

they were giving a lecture on how not to perform and/or make a record

crouching under the weight of indie rock riffage

i think he's jumping, possibly to avoid accidentally stepping on some of the other 68 members of broken social scene.

irl lols

bss are the least cool looking band ever i think

http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/thevolume/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bss_1.jpg

Kevin Drew's being abducted there

bss are the least cool looking band ever i think

have you seen gene and deen ween?

if they're wondering why their social scene is broken, they need look no further than that photo.

yeah, dude on the right has a cell phone from the early 90s, can't even SMS -- friends left him in the supermarket

boy the members of broken social scene sure are some zany people

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where he found forty other likeminded folk who proceeded to simultaneously release a rock record & plead for forgiveness for inflicting said record on indie rock stans such as myself who they were already aware would be terribly disappointed at their lukewarm effort

they sure aren't afraid of challenging social norms

ok, here's their promo pic from 2045:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2008/03/youngheartpic.jpg

ween look cool sometimes. broken social scene, every time i'm reminded of how they look, have to reconsider my status as someone who actually likes their music

join the backlash!

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z255/D1M17R15/BACK2003.png

goldberg should win that fight.

hahaha

P4k: How did you decide to go with "World Sick" as the first song released from the new album?

KD [laughing]: Out of the three songs on our new record worth a shit, it was the least terrible!

http://pitchfork.com/news/38881-broken-social-scene-do-the-interface/

really like the outro!

http://mynonprofitwebsite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/3506154482_2fbbc25ee1.jpg

bss are the least cool looking band ever i think

This is the most cool looking band ever:

http://diskoduck.cz/shop/images/ELP%20LOVE%20BERACH.jpg

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7325/tapesntapes.jpg

http://www.picpop.com/gallery/albums/userpics/1-14-05/thumb_ashlee-simpson.gif

gonna give this another chance

http://twitter.com/bssmusic/status/15182521164

u_u

so i undeleted this

"All To All" is wonderful

http://pitchfork.com/tv/pov/broken-social-scene/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnAx32mfGk

oops sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnAx32mfGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvn7PV808A

what an embarassment

broken social scene why did you ruin that unfunny comedian's career?